| Description |
x, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index. |
| Summary |
Written from foster mothers' perspectives, this book voices the often painful experiences of contemporary U.S. foster mothers as they struggle to mother and care-work in the face of exploitative social relations with the state. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Portrait of a foster mother (1) : "They're all my children, they're all my family" -- 3. Mothers and workers : becoming a foster mother -- 4. "I'm their mother" : fostering, motherhood, and the construction of kinship -- 5. Managing difference, coping with delegitimation: foster mothers as nonmothers -- 6. Mothering work and the art of fostering -- 7. Familial changes : integrating foster children into the foster family -- 8. "They picked up the baby and the baby was gone" : mothering and loss -- 9. Portrait of a foster mother (2) : motherhood, loss, and social action -- 10. "I wanna make it through the week" -- 11. Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Foster mothers -- United States.
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Foster home care -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0814793460 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814793479 paperback alkaline paper |
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